Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.48° N 1.79° W

Sandford Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Sandford Bay sea temperature is
12.7°C
1.6° 

Sandford Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Sandford Bay today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandford Bay at 4PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 21). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (21 Oct)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (21 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

Table - waves today at Sandford Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 103mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Thu morning). Mainly near gales.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
ESE
9
3
ESE
9
3
ESE
9
1.4
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1
E
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
7
2.1
NW
6
2.4
NW
7
2.1
NNW
8
2.3
NNW
8
1.3
NNW
8
1.1
N
7
0.8
N
7
0.6
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.8
SE
4
1
ESE
5
1.7
ESE
7
2.3
NNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1530
1621
1238
326
243
127
75
57
328
629
608
700
202
127
56
29
19
21
49
286
393
Wind (km/h)
40
ESE
45
ESE
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
5
SSW
40
WNW
60
NW
60
NW
60
WNW
45
WNW
25
W
20
SW
15
S
25
S
25
SE
25
ESE
30
E
30
NNE
50
NNW
60
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:24AM2.47m
10:19PM2.69m
11:09AM2.69m
11:04PM2.90m
11:46AM2.93m
Low Tide
4:14PM1.31m
4:46AM0.82m
5:00PM1.09m
5:24AM0.57m
5:38PM0.85m
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
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7:52
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7:54
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7:56
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5:49
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5:46
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5:44
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 mm
1
6
3
1
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1
7
7
8
8
1
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2
11
20
17
Temp °C
11
11
12
11
11
11
9
9
8
7
9
8
8
9
10
10
11
11
9
8
8
Feels °C
3
3
7
7
7
10
1
-3
-5
-6
-1
2
3
5
4
4
5
4
3
-3
-4
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